Forum/EMail Game - Posting Guidelines

Please note that these are guides NOT rules. As such it is entirely up the GM if he adopts any or all of these rules

Posting Guidelines

SUBJECT
In the subject of the post always puts your character's name in brackets and a pertinent title for the post. For example, if police officer Bob is just arriving at a gruesome murder scene, a possible subject is: Arrival At Crime Scene

I really don't like it when you get twenty messages with the same subject, RE: whatever when the subject is outdated and doesn't actually tell you what the post is about.

MESSAGE HEADER

Three things should go at the beginning of your post, your characters location, the IC date and the IC time. This should be formatted as follows:





This will help everyone organize events so we know what happened where and when.

BODY FORMAT

Your writing style is a very personal thing and I won't dictate what it should be like, I do ask however that posts be written in third person, past tense. Example: Instead of 'I open the door and rush into the room.' Bob's player would write 'Bob opened the door and rushed into the room.'

SNIP TAGS

Often enough, your post will be a direct reply to a previous post, either by the ST or one of the players. I ask that instead of pasting the entire post, you put only the relevant lines. Enclosed by and tags. IE:

Instead of copying an entire post where a player asks "Do you want to go?" at the end, do this:



"Do you want to go?"



And then your post. The snip tags should be after the header. You can also put them in the middle of your post if necessary, like if someone asks you several questions, or are reacting to various actions.

REPLY TAG

Since interaction with NPC's and PC's will be frequent, this tag is essential. Simply use it as follows:



This tag should be put at the end of your post. For example, if Bob wants a reply from the NPC Police chief, he would write: at the end of his post. Any ST posts that are in reply to a player's post will have REPLY: in the subject line.

RESULT TAG

The result tag is similar to the REPLY tag except that it requests information from the Storyteller. This can be anything from the description of a room to a die roll. Use it as follows:



This also goes at the end of the post, right under the REPLY tag. IE:

Bob just shot an escaping thug, since he obviously can't write the result, he puts this at the end of his post: The ST will then roll dexterity+firearms, decide if he hit, how much damage was done, etc. and post it. ST posts containing results will always contain RESULT: as the subject.

END AND TBC TAGS

Finally, at the very end of your post, you should either put or . means you have somewhere to go with this post, either you asked for a result or reply or you have an idea for something to do in your next post. means this post doesn't lead anywhere. If I see a post with the tag, it tells me that I need to invent something for the player in question so he doesn't start getting bored. :)
* Last updated by: Ads on 10/8/2008 @ 1:27 PM *